BATTLES OF THE THRONE đź‘‘- 2
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It’s more than a week now after king khaso coronation.
Just as he has ordered, all the prisoner and foreign slaves were set free.
He set out new vision to create public toilet around the community for expatriate in their land.
He ordered for more equipment for warriors and gave out food decision to be giving to the masses.
He loves all his wives accordingly, he doesn’t deprived anyone of them if their right.
One morning while still asleep his last wife Queen Larissa entered his room with a wine on her hands.
Kneeling down to place it beside his sleeping table.
Khaso wasn’t a sleep maniac type because he is always awake at any strange sound or movement around him, basically he is always actively caution and always alert.
He turned back immediately at Queen Larissa holding her cloth from moving.
“Its Queen Larissa my king.”
She said immediately and he let go off her cloth after realizing it was her.
“I am sorry.”
He said standing up and lean on the wall looking at her.
“I thought you might have woken up,
that is why I brought this palm wine given to me by my father to drink.”
She said smiling and drank out of the palming.
“Thank you my Queen, and how was your night?.”
He asked taking the palming from her.
“oh! Sorry my king. (Bowing to him) I lost my manners from being disrespectful.
Good morning my king and my night was fine. How about you?.”
He smiles and told her to raise her head and she should stop the habit of bowing to him all the time anytime she found herself guilty.
She adjusted her cloth that’s revealing her breasts up a little bit and stood up to go.
“I have to go now my king.” She said on her feet walking backwards to the door with her head lower down.
“Larissa, you can never cease to amazed me. You always have a way to enchant me with your beauty and body.
I will see you tonight in your chamber.” He said making her to blushed more while going out.
Larissa knew that the only way to always get his attention mostly is by being kind and show her Chams attraction as a woman.
She has been desiring to have her own child even though it as not gotten to a year he married her.
Her co Queens have been wonderful people, she never expected to be cared for with all her imagination of how bad they might treat her.
She loves the third Queen very much. Queen Atanga,
she has 3 females.
Her incredibility of having those children within 2 and half years is still surprising to most people.
She had her first child march and within two months she took in again and had her second child in less than 7 month by the help of God and the Doctors.
When people around them had warned her not to have any child again due to the complications she had during her second child,
and in no time again just 6 month of nurturing her second daughter she took in again.
People were surprised including her,
but you know a king desire must always be granted. She didn’t know her last intimacy with the king would make a took in again.
It was doing her last birth that king khaso got married to Larissa.
The friendship and love zone between Larissa and Queen Atanga started when she returned home after a long stays in the hospital.
She has known Larissa right from their primary schools and seeing her becoming a Queen brought their connection as friends to the spot.
She has always been there for Atanga, from helping her daughters with feeding, bathing and many more.
She went to her room happily as she await Queen Atanga to pass by in other to tell her what the king said about coming to her room tonight.
She removed her dress and stood at the front of her mirror admiring herself.
“What a pleasant beauty and elegance appearance to bestowed my king (smirking joyously) I Larissa kwaso,
the daughter of the great warrior of Zulu kingdom will produce the heir of this kingdom.
From my belly shall a king rule.
I believe and possessed this proclamation,
that by next dawn before the annual festival of the fishermen.
I shall have my bundles of joy,
wait….did I say bundles (laughing at herself in front of the mirror) yes!
If possible bundles of joy a boy and a girl because I also want to have a girl but if it turns out to be one.
I want it to be boooooyyyy.”
“Larissa, good morning.”
She turns back hearing the voice of Atanga at her door step.
She quickly put on her dress and walked to the door to open for her.
“Sawubona (good morning) Queen Atanga .”
She said smiling at her.
“You look so lovely this morning.”
She answered entering inside.
Larissa smiled childishly telling her to sit.
“How are the children?.”
She asked sitting beside her .
“Still sleeping.
Common tell me what is so good about this morning with this brightening face of yours.”
“The king is coming to my room tonight.”
She answered shyly.
Atanga bursted into laughter,
how she said it sounded funny to her.
“is this the first time he will be coming to your room Larissa?.”
“Nooo I mean he has been coming recently this week and I have been enjoying his companion.
I know it’s Queen Kiya turn tonight to sleep with him and so I was surprised and happy when he said he would come to my room tonight.”
“Look at you Larissa,
is that why you look so excited as if it’s one big thing.
You should know already that, at this moment he will always wanted to be with you.
And moreover you’re the youngest of us.
You need to take in (be pregnant) and also be a mother or don’t you like how I’m with my children?.”
I do. And that’s why I am also happy and hoping that his coming will end up fruitful.”
“Of course, it will.
Just put your mind at rest okay.
Believe in God only because he’s the giver of children.
As for me I have hands up concerning giving birth again because I can’t risk my life on the line again.”
“Truly, I believe in God.”
A disturbing knock on her door took their attention as they ran towards the door.
“What happened?. Atanga asked fearfully at the palace guard whose face calls for alarm.
“Queen mother, your children!.” He said, shivering.
“My children??? What happened to my children?.”
She asked frightening and pushed him aside running towards her chamber.
Larissa followed her immediately, on getting to the entrance of king khaso she found his door opened.
“What could have happened?.” Larissa muttered in fear.
She saw king khaso standing at the entrance of Queen Atanga chamber in furry hitting his rod angrily at the wall.
She dares not to question him that moment because she won’t want him to be angry at her,
she walks straight down to Atanga room and entered seeing a very disastrous scene that in her entire life haven’t witness.
“Jesus!.” She screamed holding one of the Queen standing at the entrance.
Atanga wailing and screaming erupted the whole palace because of her children gruesome murder.
How did this happen?.”
Larissa asked, shivering and looking at the lifeless body of the children around the room.
Their hands were cut and their heads were taking away.
“Who did this to me!.”
Was the words Atanga keeps saying scattering her body around on the floor.
“But…she..she slept with them till this morning.”
Larissa asked stuttering and shivering all over.
“That’s what as been baffling us.”
Queen Kiya answered trying to hold Atanga.
Larissa face one of the guard aggressively and ask how it happened because she hasn’t spent up to an hour in her room.
For someone to enter her chamber and do this awful thing.
“We didn’t know likewise,
and we have been here all along without anyone entering her room.”
“Then what killed my children! Who ki.lled them!!!
You these useless guard! You have to provide my daughter’s for me or else I will also kill myself!!.”
Atanga shouted at the guards.
“Never! Queen Atanga, you can never die.
Please don’t say such horrible thing again please!.”
Larissa stood down beside Atanga and held her hand.
She looked up to their husband who is still standing looking at the children.
“Ooooohhhhh ahhhhh yeh!.”
His screamed loudly and angrily staĂ b one of the guards guiding Atanga chamber down with a guard sword.
Go to hell! Who is next?
If you refused to open up now! You will also go down like him.
“Tell me what happened again, for the last time?.”
He asked audibly looking at them angrily.
The remaining guard stood on their words that they didn’t know how it happened.
Meanwhile Queen Akila felt relieved within her that the only witness has been nailed down.
She moved closer to king khaso to calmed him down.
“Why don’t you punish all of them instead my king.
What they did is such a disheartening act.
They should be reprimanded and lock up forever in the prison.
If they could be this negligence, then the safety of us in the palace is under probability.
I’m very sure the person behind this horrible act will be exposed very soon.”
King khaso left the room and told one of the guard to summoned one of the elders.
“Tell Elders to be here in haste like an antelope being chased by a hunter. Hurried now!.”
“Yes, my king.” He hurried away into the morning brightness that as rising.
“Get these people into the dungeon right now and they must not be giving food nor water.”
He ordered the other guards and walked away into his chamber.
The three guard begged the king for forgiveness because they didn’t know how it happened.
They got kicked down by four guards, their sword taking away from them.
They were stripe naked and was dragged away like a animal.
Their voice were fading away due to the continuous pleading.
The guards flogged them while been dragged, their body got bruised all over because of the little stones on the ground along the way to the dungeon.
“Keep quiet!.” One of the guard shouted hitting their face with a cow skin whip.
Queen Atanga was helped out of her room by her co Queens,
Queen kedibone held her left hand , Queen Harriet holding her from the back, Queen Akila who is the fourth wife carried her by her legs,
while Queen Larissa followed them from behind crying.
She was carried into the first Queen room as they await the doctor to come check on her.
“Is she still breathing?.” Queen Akila asked standing at the door.
“Yes, she’s still breathing. I hope the doctor will arrive soon.” Queen kedibone answered checking her breathing again.
Queen Larissa sat beside Atanga calling her to know if she can hear her.
Her hands were shivering, sweat as come all over her.
“Please…please Atanga wake up. Please don’t do This to me.” Larissa muttered holding Atanga hand.
The rest of the Queens children were brought into where they are to protect them from any harm.
There entrance was filled with guards standing in action.
Some minutes later the doctor arrived walking inside in an hurry after been inspected by the guards. He carried down his box and opened the closed eyes of Atanga.
He checked her pulse oximeter, he couldn’t find any vital response.
He tapped her cheek repeatedly to know how her body will react.
“What is going on doctor?”. Akila asked looking disturb.
“Please, help revive her doctor, she must not di.e please!.
“Keep quite Queen Larissa! Let the doctor do his job.” Queen Harriet said in annoyance.
After several attempt to revive Atanga, the doctor stood up shaking his head.
At that moment Larissa knew what it means to shake head.
She stood up at him immediately, forgotten she is a Queen and held unto his shirt collar.
“Don’t tell me what is inside me is right by what you just did.”
She said clinching her teeth together with her eyes widely opened at him.
“She is gone..” He said in a low voice in choked by Larissa hands.
She got pulled away by Akila and Harriet and she staggered backwards holding her anger and tears.
“I knew she might not make it alive.” Akila said bitterly in tears looking at the de.ad Atanga.
The two other Queen sat down sadly while the doctor stood some distance away from them.
Larissa screamed out suddenly holding her two ears and cried calling Atanga name.
She was held immediately by Kedibone and Harriet from exposing too much of her body.
In no time the news has gotten to the king and he came inside looking sad.
He touched Atanga forehead and did a sign of cross to signify his loss.
“Hamba Kahle (go well).”.” He said and walked out of the room hurriedly.
The doctor made a bow and left the room.
One Month Later
The palace activity as gone back to it normal doings, even the villagers who had a shut down for days have started their daily routine.
But it’s left out of everybody, one person is still grieving for her dear friend and co wife.
Larissa has been destabilized and always being alone since Atanga demised.
She found it difficult to go out of her room for several weeks until her father came to console her to let go of the past and to face the reality.
“It’s those that have life that still have hope of living, therefore think less and focus more” this is the word her father said that put away her fear even though she’s still finding it hard to let go of the memories.
She wished, Atanga hadn’t come to her room that day, she wished she should not have answered her when she called her. Maybe she and her children might still be alive.
She really feels her presence every time, most especially at night. King khaso came to her room in the night while she was preparing to sleep.
“You are welcome my king.” She said in a faintly smile as he sat on her bed.
“I hope you should be better now? .” He said looking at her pale face.
“Yes my king, I’m fine.” She answered.
“Come and sit beside me.” He ordered and she obeyed sitting beside him.
He rub his hand across her face in a loving reaction and tried pulling off her cloth.
“My king, I’m not happy.” She said and he stopped his hand movements.
“What happened?.” He asked.
She stood up and walked towards her window. She raised her fallen off sleeve nightwear to her shoulder.
“I have been having a nightmare recently about Atanga.”
“And how about it? What did you see.” He asked.
“She is always looking at me with her children under her hands wrapped beneath her body.
I kept asking what she wanted…but, she wouldn’t say anything but keeps starring.
At times she will smile at me doing the shatta sign (it means power demonstration) I don’t understand why she continues doing that anytime she shows up in my dream.
My king (kneeling at his front) I hope I am not their next victim?.” She said as tears flows down her cheek.
King khaso hugged her and said she shouldn’t be afraid because he’s always there for her.
“I am sure it’s because of your loneliness that is making you think unnecessarily. Don’t worry, I pray that by our intimacy tonight. You shall conceived (pregnant).
ANGEL
“Its done!.
.
.
“I prayed my prayer should answer.” She said unhappily.
“So, don’t worry about having same dreams.
It’s because of your closeness with Atanga that makes you hallucinate about whatever she might be passing across to you.
I have told the elders to look deeply into the case, in other to know the ki.llers.
Infact, you’re the only person I’m telling this.
“What is that my king?.” She cleans her eyes looking at him.
“I have two spy in the palace to look out for any strange behavior around anyone in the palace or among any of my family, including the priest.”
“Who are the spy?.”
“Don’t worry about them. Once there is any suspect, you will be told.”
“Okay, my king.”
“Larrisa’.” He called and she answered. I want you to give me an heir to the throne.”
“And why? Remember I’m not the giver of children.”
“I know. But I believe yours will be different. Even the priest had testify to it by the oracle, That the heir to the throne will be From you.” He said smiling at her.
“Oh! My king. I will be so happy if it truly comes to pass.”
TBC.
Good morning 🌄
